List of figures
Figure 2.1Schematic family tree
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Figure 2.2The Indo-European family
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Figure 2.3Schematic wave
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Figure 3.1The linguistic sign
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Figure 3.2Radial set of ‘Cup’
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Figure 4.1Articulators
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Figure 4.2Basic consonant chart
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Figure 4.3Basic vowel chart
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Figure 4.4The great vowel shift
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Figure 4.5Segment addition/loss
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Figure 5.1Radial set of /l/
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Figure 7.1Structural approach to French negation
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Figure 7.2Changes in French negation
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